Driving past one of the widest thoroughfares of Kolkata, comes with its own perks. Come Spring and one would find rows of blooming Palash and Krishnachura dotting this British made Road of Kolkata. But it also comes with a twist of history, one that started
One might be interested to know what existed on the plot where the famous temple of Sadharon Brahmo Samaj was built and is still there. Swami Vivenkananda’s brother, Mahendranath had mentioned that around 1867-1870, there was a pond owned by the Ghosh family of Than-Thane
Sadharan Brahmo Samaj The temple of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj on Cornwallis Street still holds memories of a religious and social movement that would take Bengal far ahead of its times. Behind it this house, was a huge courtyard that led to the publicity center. This
Remember that scene from Gorosthaney Shabdhan? When a group of people are trying to bring down spirits in an old building and Feluda speaks in a ghastly spooky tone of a ghost to snatch away a treasure that he needed to investigate. Well, planchette scenes
20 Cornwallis Street House No 20 on Cornwallis Street was the premise of Arya Kanya Mahavidyalaya. Prior to the school, this house was the office of Banga Darshan after it was re-launched and also housed the Majumdar Library and Kantik Press. Later, Kantik Press vacated this house
One of the busiest roads of Kolkata happens to be Strand Road. It is a major thoroughfare running along the east bank of the Hooghly, and connects Fort William to Nimtala near Shovabazar, through the downtown Kolkata. But during the existence of the Old Fort
Navpreet Arora is a story teller, an explorer and a heritage enthusiast. Does an edifice qualify as a heritage building only if it has a grandiose name associated with it, does it qualify as a heritage building only if its facades have mighty columns, intricate carvings
Wonder, what would have Ronald Ross said, had he witnessed the string of deaths in Kolkata in recent months due to dengue and thousands more affected by malaria? Worse still, 40% of malarial patients in the city are not even responding to the standard malarial
IOn July 26, this year, Kolkata was shocked as city newspapers screamed “at least two people died and several were feared trapped in the debris of a dilapidated century-old building that collapsed at 10 Indian Mirror Street at Taltala.” Indian Mirror Street in the Janbazar-Taltala
At last India’s favourite Pancham da, the genius music maestro R.D. Burman can be related to Kolkata, as the house where he stayed and grew up in Calcutta and its neighbourhood will be renamed as Sangeet Sarani. West Bengal Heritage Commission chairperson Shuvaprasanna, along with